You're lying in the grass next to Lily, and for the first time, you think you've found a friend.
Lily says something about the dark-haired girl; who turns out to be her sister named Petunia. Their parents must really like flowers, you think to yourself. So you answer, "That's because she's normal."
This gets Lily mad – no furious. She's scolding you when all of a sudden out from the bushes pops Petunia herself! "See Lily," she starts to say to her sister. "I told you he's a freak…just like you!"
Everything runs a blur after that, but pretty soon you're standing up and watching Lily go with her snob-of-a-sister. Sighing, you make your way back to your hellish home in some-what a good mood. Only that all goes away as you are about to open the front door.
Inside you hear words being shouted and screamed and some slurred from alcohol. Gulping, you hear your mother shout, "…So you don't know where Severus is then?"
"Naw, haven't seen 'im since….'tis mornin'," your father slurs in reply. Always slurs - everyday, all day. It makes you sick just listening to him.
"Well when I see him, I'm going to wring his scrawny neck for not telling us where the hell he was!"
"But I told you already where I was," you whisper to yourself rather than to your abusive mother, because you know it won't do any good.
"…NOW GET UP AND HELP ME LOOK FOR HIM YOU LAZY -!" your mother says something colorful next. Deciding not to make anything worse than it already is, you turn the knob and push the door open….
….And find your mother standing there with her hands on her hips, lips in a horrifyingly tight line, and eyes that gleamed fury. You know you're in for a beating so you bow your head as you're taken by the ear to the yard. Mentally bracing yourself for the worst.